Lettuce gone to seed?

newgloves at 03h50
20
Sep
2010
Lettuce gone to seed?

I just got back from a vacation & it struck me how tall one of my leaf lettuces is. I planted it in July & it's a variety that's supposed to be tolerant to warm weather. So, this one plant has produced better than the others but upon returning from vacation the plant is about 18" tall. Not the leaves, the stalk. The stalk is about 18" tall w/ various lettuce leaves shooting off it the entire way - but not bunchy like lettuce should be. My other
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